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vanishing moments

Henri Cartier-Bresson said that photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and which no contrivance on earth can bring back again. Not even photography can bring these things back, except in the memory of those who knew them, or in the imagination those who did not.

(cited: J. Szarkowski, Looking at Photographs, pg. 124)

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Lumix GX85   f/7/1   1/640s   32 mm   200 ISO

Ólafur Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and beats crossing over from ambient/electronic to pop.

weekly photo challenge: on the way

On and on I travel;

Though I fall and die, let it be

In fields of clover.

                               ~Basho*

library day

library day

Within The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho shares his journey through prose as well as haiku… which seems to me to fit this week’s photo challenge:  On the Way

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The Narrow Road to Oku

Trans: D Keene

weekly photo challenge: humanity

“Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep…

Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps we can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction…

War is irrational: its only plan is to bring destruction: it seeks to grow by destroying…

Greed, intolerance, the lust for power. These motives underline the decision to go to war and they are too often justified by an ideology.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Pope Francis*

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 Visit The Daily Post to view additional images or participate in THIRDEYEMON’s challenge: share what humanity means to you.

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AJELive@AJELive

“Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep.” – Pope Francis

talks of ‘third war”aje.me/Xca007

weekly photo challenge: dialogue

“this week’s challenge, bring together two of your photos into dialogue. What do they say to each other?”

 

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weeklyphotochallengediaglogue

to view additional images submitted for this week’s challenge or to participate in this week’s photo challenge visit The Daily Post

weekly photo challenge: summer lovin’

on the valley trail

a person walking looks small —

fresh new leaves!

                           ~Buson*

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visit The Daily Post to participate in this week’s photo challenge:  Summer Lovin’

*cited:

Haiku Master Buson

Y.Sawa & E. Shiffert